Classicly Books
A Slave is a Slave
H. Beam PiperA Slave is a Slave is a science fiction story written by Henry Beam Piper, an American science fiction author. He wrote many short stories and several novels.The Galactic Empire is slowly 'welcom..
Beasts and Super-Beasts
H. H. MunroBeasts and Super-Beasts is a collection of short stories, written by Saki and first published in 1914. The title parodies that of George Bernard Shaw's Man and Superman. Along with The Chronicles of C..
Black-Eyed Susan
Ethel Calvert PhillipsBlack-Eyed Susan is a farm life fiction written for young readers by Ethel Calvert Phillips, who has written books like Wee Ann and Little Friend Lydia. Excerpts from the book:Susan herself didn’..
Christian Mysticism
William Ralph IngeThe first of the subjects which, according to the will of Canon Bampton, are prescribed for the Lecturers upon his foundation, is the confirmation and establishment of the Christian faith. This is the..
Conscience
Eliza Lee Cabot FollenThe short wintry days were beginning to lengthen, the sun rose earlier and staid up longer. Now and then a bluebird was heard twittering a welcome to the coming spring. As for the robins, they were as..
Maria Chapdelaine
Louis HémonMaria Chapdelaine is a romance novel written in 1913 by the French writer Louis Hémon, who was then residing in Quebec. Aimed at French and Quebec adolescents, the book had been included in school cur..
Whose Body?
Dorothy L. SayersThe novel begins with a telephone call to Wimsey from his mother, the Dowager Duchess of Denver, saying that her vicar’s architect has just found a dead body in his bath, wearing nothing but a pair of..
A Blot in the 'Scutcheon
Robert BrowningA Blot in the 'Scutcheon is an English drama by Robert Browning, an English poet and playwright whose mastery of the dramatic monologue made him one of the foremost Victorian poets. Robert B..